The Romantic Economist: A Story of Love and Market Forces

by Will Nicolson

Hardcover, 2013

Status

Available

Call number

646.77092

Publication

Short Books Ltd (2013), Hardcover

Description

The author sets out to apply the rules of economics to save his floundering love life. For a time, everything seems to be clearer, but soon he finds himself more isolated than ever. It looks like economics doesn't have all the answers after all. Not, that is, until John Maynard Keynes comes along.

User reviews

LibraryThing member Aula
A short, funny and somewhat interesting read. Nicolson details how, after a breakup, he attempts to look at dating from a purely economic point of view. I felt it fell short a bit - a tad unrealistic to think that he could be that detached - but interesting in his attempt to think about the dating
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process in a different way. Enjoyable and short read, I found.
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Language

Pages

204

Original publication date

2013

ISBN

1780721021 / 9781780721026

Rating

(2 ratings; 2)
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